くう

空

empty air; sky

N3Noun

Noun

empty air•sky

Noun

shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon)•emptiness

Noun

air force

Noun, Na-adjective

fruitlessness•meaninglessness

Noun, Na-adjective

void (one of the five elements)

No-adjective

empty (e.g. set)

Example Sentences

警棒で空(くう)をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。

The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

クウ / そら